CVE-2018-7260
phpMyAdmin Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in central columns feature
CVE-2018-7260 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.4) in Phpmyadmin, published February 21, 2018. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.60%, the 75th percentile. Fixed in phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin 4.7.8.
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in db_central_columns.php in phpMyAdmin before 4.7.8 allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted URL.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
5.4
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in db_central_columns.php in phpMyAdmin before 4.7.8 allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted URL.
- Record
CVE-2018-7260- CVSS 3.0
- 5.4 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 3.5 Low
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in db_central_columns.php in phpMyAdmin before 4.7.8 allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted URL.
- Record
CVE-2018-7260- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2022-3994 No score
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in db_central_columns.php in phpMyAdmin before 4.7.8 allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted URL.
- Record
EUVD-2022-3994- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-gqmj-f46x-wqhw
5.4
phpMyAdmin Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in central columns feature
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in db_central_columns.php in phpMyAdmin before 4.7.8 allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted URL.
- Record
GHSA-gqmj-f46x-wqhw- CVSS 3.0
- 5.4 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
5.4
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in db_central_columns.php in phpMyAdmin before 4.7.8 allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted URL.
- Record
CVE-2018-7260- CVSS 3.0
- 5.4 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2018-7260
5.4
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in db_central_columns.php in phpMyAdmin before 4.7.8 allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted URL.
- Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2018-7260- CVSS 3.0
- 5.4 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Show 8 moreShow less
OSVGHSA-gqmj-f46x-wqhw
5.4
phpMyAdmin Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in central columns feature
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in db_central_columns.php in phpMyAdmin before 4.7.8 allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted URL.
- Record
GHSA-gqmj-f46x-wqhw- CVSS 3.0
- 5.4 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2018-7260
5.4
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in db_central_columns.php in phpMyAdmin before 4.7.8 allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted URL.
- Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2018-7260- CVSS 3.0
- 5.4 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVMGASA-2018-0156 No score
Updated phpmyadmin package fixes a security vulnerability
Updated phpmyadmin package fixes security vulnerability:
A self-cross site scripting (XSS) vulnerability has been reported relating to the central columns feature (CVE-2018-7260).
- Record
MGASA-2018-0156- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2018:0534-1 No score
Security update for phpMyAdmin
This update for phpMyAdmin 4.7.8 fixes the following issues:
- CVE-2018-7260: self-cross site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the central columns feature (boo#1082188)
This version also fixes some minor functionality bugs. The previous update already fixed CVE-2017-1000499.
- Record
openSUSE-SU-2018:0534-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2018:0536-1 No score
Security update for phpMyAdmin
This update for phpMyAdmin 4.7.8 fixes the following issues:
- CVE-2018-7260: self-cross site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the central columns feature (boo#1082188)
This version also fixes some minor functionality bugs. The previous update already fixed CVE-2017-1000499.
- Record
openSUSE-SU-2018:0536-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:11171-1 No score
phpMyAdmin-5.1.1-1.2 on GA media
These are all security issues fixed in the phpMyAdmin-5.1.1-1.2 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.
- Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:11171-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVUSN-4639-1 No score
phpmyadmin vulnerabilities
It was discovered that there was a bug in the way phpMyAdmin handles the phpMyAdmin Configuration Storage tables. An authenticated attacker could use this vulnerability to cause phpmyAdmin to leak sensitive files. (CVE-2018-19968)
It was discovered that phpMyAdmin incorrectly handled user input. An attacker could possibly use this for an XSS attack. (CVE-2018-19970)
It was discovered that phpMyAdmin mishandled certain input. An attacker could use this vulnerability to execute a cross-site scripting (XSS) attack via a crafted URL. (CVE-2018-7260)
It was discovered that phpMyAdmin failed to sanitize certain input. An attacker could use this vulnerability to execute an SQL injection attack via a specially crafted database name. (CVE-2019-11768)
It was discovered that phpmyadmin incorrectly handled some requests. An attacker could possibly use this to perform a CSRF attack. (CVE-2019-12616)
It was discovered that phpMyAdmin failed to sanitize certain input. An attacker could use this vulnerability to execute an SQL injection attack via a specially crafted username. (CVE-2019-6798, CVE-2020-10804, CVE-2020-5504)
It was discovered that phpMyAdmin would allow sensitive files to be leaked if certain configuration options were set. An attacker could use this vulnerability to access confidential information. (CVE-2019-6799)
It was discovered that phpMyAdmin failed to sanitize certain input. An attacker could use this vulnerability to execute an SQL injection attack via a specially crafted database or table name. (CVE-2020-10802)
It was discovered that phpMyAdmin did not properly handle data from the database when displaying it. If an attacker were to insert specially- crafted data into certain database tables, the attacker could execute a cross-site scripting (XSS) attack. (CVE-2020-10803)
It was discovered that phpMyAdmin was vulnerable to an XSS attack. If a victim were to click on a crafted link, an attacker could run malicious JavaScript on the victim's system. (CVE-2020-26934)
It was discovered that phpMyAdmin did not properly handler certain SQL statements in the search feature. An attacker could use this vulnerability to inject malicious SQL into a query. (CVE-2020-26935)
It was discovered that phpMyAdmin did not properly sanitize certain input. An attacker could use this vulnerability to possibly execute an HTML injection or a cross-site scripting (XSS) attack. (CVE-2019-19617)
- Record
USN-4639-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVUSN-4843-1 No score
phpmyadmin vulnerabilities
Javier Nieto and Andres Rojas discovered that phpMyAdmin incorrectly managed input in the form of passwords. An attacker could use this vulnerability to cause a denial-of-service (DoS). This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 ESM. (CVE-2014-9218)
Emanuel Bronshtein discovered that phpMyAdmin failed to properly sanitize input in the form of database names in the PHP Array export feature. An authenticated attacker could use this vulnerability to run arbitrary PHP commands. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 ESM and Ubuntu 16.04 ESM. (CVE-2016-6609)
Emanuel Bronshtein discovered that phpMyAdmin failed to properly sanitize input. An attacker could use this vulnerability to execute SQL injection attacks. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 ESM and Ubuntu 16.04 ESM. (CVE-2016-6619)
Emanuel Bronshtein discovered that phpMyadmin failed to properly sanitize input. An authenticated attacker could use this vulnerability to cause a denial-of-service (DoS). This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 ESM and Ubuntu 16.04 ESM. (CVE-2016-6630)
Emanuel Bronshtein discovered that phpMyAdmin failed to properly sanitize input. An attacker could use this vulnerability to bypass AllowRoot restrictions and deny rules for usernames. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 ESM and Ubuntu 16.04 ESM. (CVE-2016-9849)
Emanuel Bronshtein discovered that phpMyAdmin would allow sensitive information to be leaked when the argument separator in a URL was not the default & value. An attacker could use this vulnerability to obtain the CSRF token of a user. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 ESM and Ubuntu 16.04 ESM. (CVE-2016-9866)
Isaac Bennetch discovered that phpMyAdmin was incorrectly restricting user access due to the behavior of the substr function on some PHP versions. An attacker could use this vulnerability to bypass login restrictions established for users that have no password set. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 ESM. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 ESM and Ubuntu 16.04 ESM. (CVE-2017-18264)
Emanuel Bronshtein discovered that phpMyAdmin failed to properly sanitize input in the form of parameters sent during a table editing operation. An attacker could use this vulnerability to trigger an endless recursion and cause a denial-of-service (DoS). This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 ESM and Ubuntu 16.04 ESM. (CVE-2017-1000014)
Emanuel Bronshtein discovered that phpMyAdmin failed to properly sanitize input used to generate a web page. An authenticated attacker could use this vulnerability to execute CSS injection attacks. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 ESM and Ubuntu 16.04 ESM. (CVE-2017-1000015)
It was discovered that phpMyAdmin incorrectly handled certain input. An attacker could use this vulnerability to execute a cross-site scripting (XSS) attack via a crafted URL. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 ESM. (CVE-2018-7260)
It was discovered phpMyAdmin incorrectly handled database names. An attacker could possibly use this to trigger a cross-site scripting attack. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 ESM and Ubuntu 18.04 ESM. (CVE-2018-12581)
Daniel Le Gall discovered that phpMyAdmin would expose sensitive information to unauthorized actors due to an error in its transformation feature. An authenticated attacker could use this vulnerability to leak the contents of a local file. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 ESM and Ubuntu 16.04 ESM. (CVE-2018-19968)
It was discovered that phpMyAdmin incorrectly handled user input. An attacker could possibly use this to perform a cross-site scripting attack. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 ESM. (CVE-2018-19970)
It was discovered that phpMyAdmin failed to properly sanitize input. An attacker could use this vulnerability to execute an SQL injection attack via a specially crafted database name. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 ESM. (CVE-2019-11768)
It was discovered that phpMyAdmin incorrectly handled some requests. An attacker could possibly use this to perform a cross…
- Record
USN-4843-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
phpmyadmin/phpmyadminPackagist |
before 4.7.8 | 4.7.8 |
phpmyadminDebian:12 |
before 4:4.9.1+dfsg1-2 | 4:4.9.1+dfsg1-2 |
phpmyadminDebian:13 |
before 4:4.9.1+dfsg1-2 | 4:4.9.1+dfsg1-2 |
phpmyadminDebian:14 |
before 4:4.9.1+dfsg1-2 | 4:4.9.1+dfsg1-2 |
phpmyadmin/phpmyadminPackagist |
before 4.7.8, plus listed versions 4.0.04.0.14.0.104.0.10.14.0.10.2 Show 25 moreShow less4.0.10.34.0.10.44.0.10.54.0.10.64.0.10.74.0.10.84.0.10.94.0.24.0.34.0.44.0.4.14.0.4.24.0.54.0.64.0.74.0.84.0.94.7.04.7.14.7.24.7.34.7.44.7.54.7.64.7.7 |
4.7.8 |
phpmyadminMageia:6 |
before 4.7.8-1.mga6 | 4.7.8-1.mga6 |
phpmyadminUbuntu:18.04:LTS |
before 4:4.6.6-5ubuntu0.5, plus listed versions 4:4.6.6-5 |
4:4.6.6-5ubuntu0.5 |
phpmyadminUbuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS |
before 4:4.0.10-1ubuntu0.1+esm4, plus listed versions 4:4.0.6-14:4.0.8-14:4.0.9-14:4.0.10-14:4.0.10-1ubuntu0.14:4.0.10-1ubuntu0.1+esm14:4.0.10-1ubuntu0.1+esm24:4.0.10-1ubuntu0.1+esm3 |
4:4.0.10-1ubuntu0.1+esm4 |
phpmyadminUbuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS |
before 4:4.5.4.1-2ubuntu2.1+esm6, plus listed versions 4:4.4.13.1-14:4.5.0.2-24:4.5.1-14:4.5.1-24:4.5.1-3 Show 12 moreShow less4:4.5.2-14:4.5.2-24:4.5.3.1-14:4.5.4-14:4.5.4.1-24:4.5.4.1-2ubuntu14:4.5.4.1-2ubuntu24:4.5.4.1-2ubuntu2.14:4.5.4.1-2ubuntu2.1+esm24:4.5.4.1-2ubuntu2.1+esm34:4.5.4.1-2ubuntu2.1+esm44:4.5.4.1-2ubuntu2.1+esm5 |
4:4.5.4.1-2ubuntu2.1+esm6 |
phpmyadminUbuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS |
before 4:4.6.6-5ubuntu0.5+esm1, plus listed versions 4:4.6.6-54:4.6.6-5ubuntu0.2+esm14:4.6.6-5ubuntu0.2+esm24:4.6.6-5ubuntu0.5 |
4:4.6.6-5ubuntu0.5+esm1 |
phpmyadminUbuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS |
before 4:4.9.5+dfsg1-2ubuntu0.1~esm1, plus listed versions 4:4.9.1+dfsg1-24:4.9.2+dfsg1-14:4.9.5+dfsg1-1ubuntu14:4.9.5+dfsg1-2 |
4:4.9.5+dfsg1-2ubuntu0.1~esm1 |
phpMyAdminSUSE:Package Hub 12 |
before 4.7.8-17.1 | 4.7.8-17.1 |
phpMyAdminopenSUSE:Tumbleweed |
before 5.1.1-1.2 | 5.1.1-1.2 |
History
| When | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-03 | aliases | EUVD |
| 2026-11-02 | created | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
References
udiniya.wordpress.com/2018/02/21/a-tale-of-stealing-session-cookie-in-phpmyadmin
securityfocus.com/bid/103099
phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2018-1
github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/d2886a3
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-7260
github.com/advisories/GHSA-gqmj-f46x-wqhw
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security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-7260
github.com/phpmyadmin/composer
advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2018-0156.html
bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=22640
phpmyadmin.net/files/4.7.8
phpmyadmin.net/news/2018/2/20/security-fix-phpmyadmin-478-released
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-7260
ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4639-1
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-7260
ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4843-1
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-19968
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-19970
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-6798
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-6799
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-11768
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-12616
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-19617
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-5504
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-10802
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-10803
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-10804
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-26934
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-26935
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-9218
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-6609
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-6619
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-6630
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-9849
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-9866
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-18264
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-1000014
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-1000015
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-12581
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-12922
bugzilla.suse.com/1082188
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-1000499
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-7260
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2005-2869
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2006-1804
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2006-2031
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8980
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-1000013
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-1000014
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-1000015
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-1000016
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-1000017
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-1000018
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-10188
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-12581
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-12613
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-15605
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-19968
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-19969
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-19970
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-11768
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-12616
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-12922
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-18622
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-6798
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-6799
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-10802
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-10803
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-10804
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-26934
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-26935
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-5504
Left out here: the rest of 1 source description. The JSON record has them.